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curriculum vitae
Personal information
Surname(s) / First name
Address
TOMESCU BACIU, SANDA
1 Mihail Kogalniceanu Str, 4084, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Telephone 0040-264405300
E-mail(s)
Fax 0040-264591906
sandatomescu@staff.ubbcluj.ro
Romanian
Nationality
Romanian
Date of birth 20 November 1955
Gender
Occupational field
Female
Professor
Work experience
Dates 1981-1986
Occupation or position held Translator
Main activities and responsibilities translations
Name and address of employer Agerpres, Bucuresti
Type of business or sector translations
Dates 1986-1991
Occupation or position held librarian
Main activities and responsibilities Decimal classification service
Name and address of employer The Romanian Academy Library Cluj
Type of business or sector Decimal classification
Dates 1991-1993
Occupation or position held Assistant
Main activities and responsibilities Opens the first specialization of Norwegian language and literature at the Babes-Bolyai University
and in Romania (1991).
Teaching and research, initiator and responsible of the Norwegian program at the Faculty of Letters
Name and address of employer Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Str. M. Kogalniceanu nr.1, Romania
Type of business or sector Teaching and research
Dates 1993-2001
Occupation or position held Lecturer
Main activities and responsibilities Education and Scientific research, responsible of the Norwegian program at the Faculty of Letters
Name and address of employer Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Str. M. Kogalniceanu nr.1, Romania
Type of business or sector Education and Scientific research

Dates 2001- 2009
Occupation or position held Associate Professor
Main activities and responsibilities Education and Scientific research,
Puts the basis of the Department of Scandinavian Studies (from 2001), Chair from 2001.
Name and address of employer
Type of business or sector
Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Str. M. Kogalniceanu nr.1, Romania
Education and Scientific research
Administration , international relations
Dates
Occupation or position held
Main activities and responsibilities
2009-present
Professor
Education and Scientific research,
Puts the basis of the Department of Scandinavian Studies (from 2001), Chair from 2001.
Name and address of employer
Type of business or sector
Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Str. M. Kogalniceanu nr.1, Romania
Education and Scientific research
Administration , international relations
Dates 2000-2006
Occupation or position held Vice-dean responsible for international cooperation.
Main activities and responsibilities Vice-dean, international relations, Faculty of Letters
Name and address of employer Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Str. M. Kogalniceanu nr.1, Romania
Type of business or sector Education and Scientific research
Administration , internationalcooperation
Dates October 2006 - January 2008
Occupation or position held Associate Professor
Vice-rector, international cooperation, Babes-Bolyai University
Main activities and responsibilities Education and Scientific research,
Chair of the Department of Scandinavian Studies.
Vice-rector, international relations, Babes-Bolyai University
Name and address of employer Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Str. M. Kogalniceanu nr.1, Romania
Type of business or sector Education and scientific research
Administration, international relations
Dates January 2008 - 2009
Occupation or position held Associate Professor
Member of the the Academic Council
Main activities and responsibilities Education and scientific research
International cooperation policies
Name and address of employer Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Str. M. Kogalniceanu nr.1, Romania
Type of business or sector Education and Scientific research,
International cooperation policies
Dates
Occupation or position held
Main activities and responsibilities
January 2009 - present
Professor
Member of the the Academic Council
Education and scientific research

Name and address of employer
Type of business or sector
International cooperation policies
Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Str. M. Kogalniceanu nr.1, Romania
Education and Scientific research,
International cooperation policies
Education and training
Dates 2000
Title of qualification awarded Ph.D
Principal subjects/Occupational skills Thesis: “Old Norse Mythical elements in Norwegian Literature”
covered
Name and type of organisation Babes-Bolyai University, Str. M. Kogalniceanu nr.1, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
providing organisation and training
Dates 1974-1978
Title of qualification awarded Bachelor of Arts
Principal subjects/Occupational skills English language and literature , French language and literature
covered
Name and type of organisation Babes-Bolyai University, Faculty of Philology, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
providing organisation and training
Dates 1976-1980
Title of qualification awarded B.A.
Principal subjects/Occupational skills Norwegian Language and Literature
covered
Name and type of organisation University of Oslo, Norway
providing organisation and training
Dates 1970-1974
Title of qualification awarded Baccalaureate
Principal subjects/Occupational skills General education
covered
Name and type of organisation Liceul Emil Racovita, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
providing organisation and training
Personal skills and
competences
Mother tongue(s)
Romanian
Other language(s)
Self-assessment Understanding Speaking Writing
European level (*) Listening Reading Spoken interaction Spoken production
Norwegian, English C2 C2 C2 C2 C2
French C2 C2 C2 C1 C2
Swedish, Danish C2 C2 C1 B2 C2
German A2 A2 A2 A1 A2
(*) Common European Framework of Reference (CEF) level
Social skills and competences
Teamwork, interpersonal skills, communication, responsibility, intercultural skills, conflict
management, negotiations.

Organisational skills and competences
Prospective thinking, problem identification, problem solving, research and development project
evaluation, planning skills, academic management.
Technical skills and competences -
Computer skills and competences
Artistic skills and competences
Other skills and competences
Driving licence(s)
Microsoft Office, Internet
Literary translation, essay, painting, photography
Sports: cross country skiing, skating, swimming
B category

Annexes
Additional information
Publications
Books
Portrete din Nord. Studii literare, EFES,
Velkommen! Manual de conversatie in limba norvegiana, Polirom, 2006.
Oversikt over norsk litteraturhistorie (fra norrøn tid til slutten av det 19.Årh), Napoca
Star, Cluj-Napoca, 2001
”Peer Gynt” si miturile nordice, Napoca Star, Cluj-Napoca, 2000 (”Peer Gynt and the Old
Norse myths), . 2 nd editon 2001 supported by the Norwegian Embassy in Bucharest.
Translated volumes from Norwegian and Swedish literature:
Henrik Ibsen, Cînd noi, morţi, înviem, Ed Apostrof, 2009
Nuvele norvegiene.ro , Editura Casa Cărţii de Stiinţă, Cluj. 2005 (selection, introduction
and translation Sanda Tomescu Baciu); Awarded with “Eta Boeriu” translation prize.
Lars Saabye Christensen: Beatles, Editura Univers, 1996;
Knut Hamsun: Copii ai timpului lor, Bucuresti, Cartea Romaneascå, 1989:
Jan Mårtenson: Naturå moartå pentru flasneta mecanicå, Univers, 1984
Selected articles
1. Henrik Ibsens "Et Dukkehjem" og mottakelsen av kvinnefrigj¢rings sp¢rsmålet i rumensk
kultur ved århundreskiftet, in Literature as Resistance and Counter-Culture, papers of the
19th Study Conference of the International Association for Scandinavian Studies, Budapest
1993. 2 Henrik Ibsen: Theatrical Performances in Romania at the Turn of the Century (1895-
1920) in Proceedings - Vll International Ibsen Conference , Grimstad, 1993, Center for Ibsen
Studies, Oslo 1994. 3 Knut Hamsun i rumenske oversettelser in Knut Hamsun i Tromsø, 11
foredrag fra Hamsun-konferansen i Tromsø 1995, red. Nils M. Knutsen, Hamsun Selskapet .
4 Mythical Aspects in Peer Gynt, in Proceedings9 th International Ibsen Conference, Bergen, Norway,
4-11 June, 2000, Ed. By Pal Bjorby and Asbjorn Aarseth. 5 Myten og metaforen: inngangen til en
(ny)skapende bevissthet i Norden, in On the Threshold, New Studies in Nordic Literature, edited by
Janet Garton and Michael Robinson, Norvik Press, 2002. 6 Georg Brandes og Panait Istrati in
Georg Brandes og Europa, Det Kongelige Bibliotek, Museum Tusculanums forlag, Copenhagen,
2004. 7 Byggmestermyten (The Masterbuilder Myth) in Norwegian Literature in Snorri
Sturluson and the Roots of Nordic Literature, „St Kliment Ohridski” University of Sofia,
Sofia, 2004. 8 Nordisches in der Zeitschrift ”Acta Comparationis Literarum
Universarum” in Hugo Meltzl und die Anfänge der Komparatstik, Materialien des IdGL
Tübingen / Band 16, Franz Steiner Verlag Stuttgart, 2005. 9 Sexuality as Primordial Image
in „Peer Gynt” in North-West- - Passage , nr 2/2005, Universita degli Studi di Torino,
Carocci editore. 10. The wonder of Waiting in a Doll’s House, in The Living Ibsen, University of
Oslo, Center for Ibsen Studies, 2007. 11. Il mito del contructore; alcuni aspetti interculturali
scandinavo-romeni, Studi Nordici, XIV ,2007, Fabrizio Serra Editore, Pisa-Roma.
Editing
Editor of 2 thematical volumes of Studia.Philologia, nr.3/2003 and nr.3/2006.Co-editor of
Studia Philologia, nr 2/2008
Research Grant
International grant 2003/2005 Information and Technology Based Teaching of
NorwegianAabroad (ICT).; Translation grants
Cultural events open for the community
Cultural and scientific arrangements in cooperation with the Norwegian Embassy in
Bucarest and BBU.
1993 The Vikings; Henrik Ibsen Cluj-Napoca;
1995, Knut Hamrun, Cluj-Napoca;
1999 Sigrid Undset, Cluj-Napoca;
2001 Frans Widerberg, Cluj-Napoca;
2003 Edvard Grieg, Cluj-Napoca;
2006 Henrik Ibsen on Film, Cluj-Napoca.
2009, Hamsun2009.
Scientific Board
Member of the scientific board of the journal Studi Nordici, University in Pisa, Italy

International Awards/ Honours
Royal Norwegian Order of Merit, Knight , First Class (2003)
National Awards/Honors
Eta Boeriu prize awarded by the Romanian Writers’ Union Branch in Cluj,
2005
Excellency in Teaching Diploma of the Babes-Bolyai University 2003
Diploma for institutional innovation for strengthening the competitivity and prestige of
the Babes-Bolyai University, 2002
Professional membership
the Romanian Writers’ Union , since 2006
Elected member of the International Ibsen Committee (2000-2006) : member of the
International Organizing Committee of the International Henrik Ibsen conferences in New
York 2003, and Oslo, 2006.
Ibsen Society of America, since 2000
NORTEAM, The Norwegian Embassy Bucharest, since 1997
International Henrik Ibsen Society, since 1993
International Association of Scandinavian Studies, since 1991
Courses taught
The history of Norwegian literature
Henrik Ibsen’s drama
Old Norse mythical elements in Norwegian literature
Norwegian morphology ,syntax, lexicology
Research
Henrik Ibsen studies
Old Norse mythology
Knut Hamsun’s poetics
The reception of Scandinavian literatures in Romania
Literary translation
Norwegian grammar
Administration
2007, Coordonator of the Local Organizing Committee of the Conference of the
Association of Universities for Democracy, AUDEM, at the Babes-Bolyai
University.
2002, University of Reno, Nevada, SUA, Exchange program in academia administration,